incontinence
noun /ɪnˈkɒntɪnəns/
/ɪnˈkɑːntɪnəns/
[uncountable]- the lack of ability to control the bladder and bowels opposite continenceOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- faecal/fecal
- urinary
- stress
- …
- suffer from
- treat
- products
- pad
Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (2)): from Old French, or from Latin incontinent-, from in- ‘not’ + continent- ‘holding together’ (see continent). Sense (1) dates from the early 19th cent.